Example sentences of "[adj] [that] he would [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Home Office officials indicated that , in the absence of new evidence , Mr Waddington would make it clear that he would be unable to take any initiative . |
| 2 | It could also prove too great a hurdle for Mr Gould , a well-known Euro-sceptic , who made clear that he would be pressing for Labour to rethink its economic policy and to advocate realignment of the pound within the European exchange rate mechanism to enable it to put forward more positive policies on industry and employment . |
| 3 | Instead , at a press briefing , he made it clear that he would be looking to private benefactors to come to the rescue in extreme cases , and pointing to the successful purchases of ‘ Portrait of a lady with a squirrel and a starling ’ by Holbein for the National Gallery ( see The Art Newspaper No. 16 , March 1992 , p.1 ) and Canaletto 's ‘ The Old Horse Guards , London , from St James 's Park ’ by Andrew Lloyd-Webber ( see The Art Newspaper No.19 June 1992 , p. 3 ) . |
| 4 | It was clear that he would be getting married very soon . |
| 5 | They were afraid that he would be unhappy about their success , because he had wanted to be a writer himself . |
| 6 | She was , however , very much afraid that he would be angry with her . |
| 7 | It was possible that he would be detained and interned for the duration of the war which now seemed only hours or days away . |
| 8 | ‘ You did n't think it strange that he would be prepared to go to Marseilles to deliver these engine parts ? |
| 9 | ‘ When I took over in 1990 , Nigel only had one cap and I was n't absolutely convinced that he would be an integral part of the team . |
| 10 | A sensitive pilot could then be so confused that he would be unable to respond logically to the situation , particularly if it happened at night or in cloud . |
| 11 | It was unthinkable that John could be dead , but it had been unthinkable that he would be held for this long and it had happened . |
| 12 | But she was afraid , of her own wild reaction to him , acutely conscious that he would be utterly merciless in taking advantage of it as long as he had no respect for her . |
| 13 | Where D was intoxicated when committing the ‘ unlawful act ’ , it is likely that he would be liable to conviction for that offence despite his intoxicated state . |
| 14 | Since this is contrary to his teaching concerning the convertibility of means and ends , it is hardly likely that he would be unconcerned with the kind of religion a person might profess to follow . |
| 15 | But in fact , it was just as likely that he would be killed by the first group of native Tarvarians he encountered . |
| 16 | He was the supreme arbiter of protocol and courtly behaviour , and it was likely that he would be put out , to say the least , by the notion of a Kha-Khan who behaved with such a lack of reserve . |
| 17 | She supposed it was quite likely that he would be . |
| 18 | Even if B had no actual knowledge it would be most likely that he would be fixed with knowledge on the basis of the reasonable man test . |
| 19 | Where the director 's responsibilities as a member of the parent company 's board include oversight of the activities of the subsidiary , it is likely that he would be held to have an obligation to communicate information concerning the subsidiary to the parent . |
| 20 | Scarlet began to feel hotter than the weather merited : she was embarrassed when her husband was offensive to cab drivers , and it was now almost inevitable that he would be . |
| 21 | He was relieved to feel that he would not be alone with Eleanor and was sure that he would be able , casually and quietly , to say something about Liza in the course of the evening — that is , if Eleanor did not say something first . |
| 22 | I felt sure that he would be absolutely your cup of tea . |
| 23 | I left ringing till now because I was sure that he would be . |
| 24 | He was n't sure that he would be given a chance to hold on to his wife . |
| 25 | Most unlikely that he would be divorced , she thought , taking this naive and optimistic view of the sons of the clergy . |
| 26 | She left it until after ten to phone Reception to get her call , hoping with all she had now her decision was made that Lubor was so busy that he would be working this Sunday . |
| 27 | I 'm so angry that he would be proud of me ! |
| 28 | He was allowed bail , but after consulting his lawyers , was convinced that it was highly probable that he would be convicted for sedition and sent to Botany Bay . |
| 29 | Paisley was optimistic that he would be able to have the Black issue raised in an adjournment debate in the House of Commons . |
| 30 | He had made sure that Oliver was so lonely and miserable that he would be desperate for any friends , however criminal . |